Dry closet.



W. SCHIERDING.

DRY CLOSET.

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WITNESSES W. SCHIERDIN G.

DRY CLOSET.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 24, 1912.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

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WILLIAM sonrnnnrno, or WALLACE, IDAHO, ASS'IGNOR or ONE-HALF T0 PETER J.SCOLES, or MULLAN, IDAHO- DRY CLOSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9,1913.

Application filed December 24, 1912. Serial No. 738,502.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM SOHIER- DING, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, residing at Wallace, in the county of Shoshone and State ofIdaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dry Closets,of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in dry closets.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofdry closets, and to provide a simple and inexpensive dry closet ofstrong and durable construction, designed particularly for useunderground in mines, and capable of being maintained in a cleansanitary condition, and adapted to be easily and conveniently emptied.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimhereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claim, may be resorted to without departing from the spiritorsacrificing any of the advantages of the claim.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is an elevation of a dry closet, constructedin accordance with this invention, the lid being shown closed in fulllines and raised in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the drycloset, one of the sides or wings being partly broken away to illustratethe construction for raising the latter. Fig. 3 is a'central transversesectional View of the closet. Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal sectionalView, the lid being raised. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of thebucket. Fig. 6 is a similar View of the removable sack or receptacle.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of'th'e drawings.

In the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the invention, 1 designates a cabinet or casing havingshort supporting legs 2 at its corners and provided at one side with adoor 8 and having a seat a at the top. The cabinet or casing is designedto be constructed of wood treated with some preservative, but it may beconstructed of any suitable material.

The door 3, which is connected at its rear edge at 5, is equipped at itsfront edge with suitable catches 6 preferably consisting of hooks andeyes, as illustrated in Fig. a of the drawings, but any other form ofcatch may, of course, be employed. The door affords ready access to theinterior of the cabinet or casing to permit a bucket or outer container7 carrying an inner removable sack or receptacle 8 to be placed in andremoved from the cabinet or casing.

The bucket or outer container 7 which is designed to be constructed ofgalvanized sheet metal or other suitable material, is rectangular incross section and it tapers downward slightly. It is equipped with ahinged lid 9 and is provided with a bail 10, and it has rigid handles 11atthe lower portion of the front and rearwalls to enable it to bereadily handled when it is desired to empty the sack or removablereceptacle therefrom. The lid 9 is hinged at the back, and the innerremovable sack or receptacle 8 is designed to be constructed of heavypaper or pasteboard tarredor otherwise treated to render it water-proof,and it snugly fits the interior of the outer container or bucket and isprovided with a fabric top 12, consisting of asleeve or extension of thewalls of the sack or receptacle. The fabric top 12, which is constructedof sack linen or other suitable material, is equippedwith a drawstring13 arranged in a suitable hem or casing and adapted to be pulled fromopposite sides to draw the fabric top together to close the same. Whenthe fabric top is opened, it is adapted to be drawn down and arranged onthe exterior of the upper portion of the bucket, whereby it is held openand main tained in a cleanly condition. The bucket is preferably of aheight to extend from the bottom to within a short distance of the topof the casing or cabinet, and the bucket and the sack at the top are ofgreater diameter than the seat opening 14;, so that the fabric top orcover of the sack is arranged beyond the said seat opening and out ofthe way. WVhen the bucket is placed within the casing or cabinet, it isarranged between the front wall thereof and a stop 14? consisting of acleat secured to the upper face of the bottom in spaced relation withthe front wall, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. By thisconstruction, the bucket and the sack are retained in proper positionwith relation to the seat opening. When it is desired to empty thecloset, the bucket is removed therefrom and the fabric top of the innerreceptacle or sack is drawn over the upper portion of the bucket and isclosed by the drawstrings and tied if desired. The paper sack may beeither lifted or emptied from the bucket and may be disposed of byburning or any other suitable means. After it is emptied from thebucket, a new sack is applied to the same and the bucket replaced in thecabinet or casing.

The cabinet is equipped with a lid 15 hinged at 16 to the seat at therear edge thereof, and equipped with depending sides or wings 17 and 18arranged in spaced relation with the sides of the cabinet or casing, asclearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The side or wing 17, which isrigid with the seat, partially covers the operating mechanism and thewing 18, which is located at the opposite side of the closet, isconnected at the top to the lid by hinges 19 adapted to permit thesideor wing 18 to be swung upwardly out of the way to afford access tothe door 3, which constitutes one of the side walls of the cabinet orcasing.

The lid is connected by a link 20 with the rear end of a lever 21, whichis pivoted at an intermediate point by a pin 22 or other suitablefastening device to the outer face of the side wall 23 of the cabinet orcasing. The link 20 is pivoted at its upper end in an opening 2 of thelid by a horizontal pivot or pin 25, and the lower end of the link ispivoted to the rear arm of the lever 21 by a pin or pivot 26'. The frontarm of the lever 21 is connected by a suitable pivot 27 to the upper endof a lower front link 28, which is connected at its lower end to a footboard 29 by a hinge 30. The foot board extends across the front of thecabinet 0r casing at the lower portion thereof, and is mounted on ahorizontal pivot 31 projecting from the front wall of the cabinet orcasing and located adjacent to the side opposite that to which the lever21 is pivoted. When the foot board is depressed, the front arm of thelever 21 is drawn downwardly and the rear arm thereof is swung upwardlyto raise the lid 15. The upward movement of the lid is limited by a stop32, located beneath the end of the lever preferably at the end, which isconnected with the front link 28. By this construction, the lid whenraised in an inclined position prevents a person from standing on theseat.

The lid is equipped with a shaker 83 comprising a cylindrical bodyhaving a perforated bottom 3a through which a quantity of disinfectantis shaken each time the lid is closed. V/hen pressure is removed fromthe foot board, the lid drops by gravity and a quantity of disinfectantis shaken in the sack or inner receptacle. The cylindrical body of theshaker is suitably secured in an opening 36 in the lid, and it dependstherefrom and is equipped with a removable cover 87, ar rangedexteriorly of the lid and having a reduced threaded portion, which isscrewed into the cylindrical body. The cover is adapted to be removedwithout opening the lid of the closet so that the disinfectant may bereadily replenished at any time. Any other construction of shaker ordisinfectant may be employed, and no claim is made to the same.

No claim is made in the present application to the construction of drycloset and the mechanism for operating the lid.

What is claimed is The combination of an excrement bucket provided witha hinged lid and having a pivoted bail, said lid and bail being adaptedto swing downwardly below the top of the bucket, an inner removable sackarranged within the bucket and provided with a flexible top consistingof an extension of the walls of the sack and being of a size to be drawndownwardly on the exterior of the bucket over the said lid and bail andadap.- ed to protect and hold the same against the sides of the bucket,and a draw string for the said flexible top, said draw string beingadapted to close the flexible top over the sack when the bucket is to beemptied.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM SCHIERDING.

Witnesses J. B. MoAoEAU, DAN HARRINGTON.

fiopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

